toůchů (Verb Compound)


toůchů

Grammatical function

  • Type: Epistemic Auxiliary / Stative Compound
  • Function: Subjective Supposition Marker
  • Meaning: “It feels like”, “It seems that”, “One gets the impression that”.
    • Usage: Marks the preceding clause as a subjective impression or internal feeling of the speaker, rather than an objective fact or uncertainty.

Pronunciation

IPA: /touu̯t͡ʃu/

Semantic field

Smntc_Field Perception

Translations

  • English: it feels like, it seems, I get the sense that
  • Polish: czuje się że, wydaje się

Example sentence

Xő wo nákőnů toůchů. It feels like he misunderstands me. (Lit: He misunderstands me, [it]-feels-so).

Alternative Forms

ůchů (Dropped Subject Form)

Etymology

to (Subject Marker) + ů (Active Verb “To Be/Act”) + -ch- (Subjective Mode Infix) + ů (Verbalizer). Logic: “The subject (the situation) feels like (is subjectively being)…”

Synonyms

  • hùfwoŕa (Uncertainty - purely epistemic, less sensory).

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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